race

1. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins

   The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.

2. Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
3. A race condition.
4. A progressive movement toward a goal.

   the race to cure cancer

5. A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
6. A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
7. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
8. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.

1. To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).

   The drivers were racing around the track.

2. To compete against in such a race.

   I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun.

3. To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.

   As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.

4. Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.

1. A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
2. A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
3. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
4. A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).

   Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.

5. Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
6. Characteristic quality or disposition.

verb

To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.

noun

A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.

1. To demolish; to level to the ground.
2. To scrape as if with a razor.